Media mogul Simon Cowell has reportedly gifted singer Cheryl Cole a land in the Scottish Highlands which comes with the title Lady.

White blood cells, key defenders in the body’s immune system, help activate cancer cells and aid their spread, a new study has found.

Archaeologis-ts have unearthed the oldest example of the use of grave flowers in a nearly 14,000-year-old burial pit in a cave in Israel. The ancient burial pit contained impressions from stems and flowers of aromatic plants such as mint and sage, researchers found. The new find “is the oldest example of putting flowers and fresh plants in the grave before burying the dead,” said study co-author Dani Nadel, an archaeologist at the University of Haifa.

Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan’s daughter Charlotte passed away after losing battle against ovarian cancer, the same disease which killed her mother, Cassandra Harris, 22 years ago.

Jharkhand governor Syed Ahmed today condemned the Maoist attack on a police team in Pakur district and termed it a “cowardly act.”

A Superintendent of Police along with his driver and three security guards was killed in a Maoist attack in Jharkhand’s Pakur district today.

Seventeen days after the Uttarakhand disaster, the mammoth multi-agency rescue operations to evacuate all stranded pilgrims and tourists concluded today with a group of 150 people being taken to safety from Badrinath.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation witnessed a record breaking number of commuters travelling in its trains on Monday.

With their application for the launch of a new low-cost airline pending before civil aviation ministry, Ratan Tata and AirAsia Group chief Tony Fernandes today met minister Ajit Singh and briefed him about the latest appointments and other developments in the proposed airline.

Two social activists have approached the Bombay high court challenging the “Z” category CRPF security sanctioned by the Centre for Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani.